VERY CHAOTIC AND THE BLACK SQUARE WOULD BE HUNG IN THE TOP CORNER WHERE EVERY HOME HUNG THEIR PORTRAIT OF VIRGIN MARY AND BABY (ERALY RUSSIAN DAYS)

What is the medium used to make the works shown hanging on the wall in this

photograph of an exhibition?

OILONCANVAS

What movement does this belong to?

Suprematism

What major events shaped the world he lived in?

Bolsehvik revolution, world war 1

How does Malevich define this movement?

“The supremacy of pure feeling in creative art”

What has supremacy for Malevich?

“to the suprematist the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the significant thing is feeling, as such, quite apart from the environment in which it is called forth”; infinity

What is non-representational painting? Are these good examples of it?

Paintings not of any specific subject; yes

How did Malevich fare in Stalinist Russia?

He did not fare well in Stalinist Russia; lost his position at the Institute of Artistic Culture and is imprisoned and interrogated for his artistic beliefs